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Haley Britzky / CNN:
US Army rebukes Trump campaign for incident at Arlington National Cemetery  —  The US Army issued a stark rebuke of former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign over the incident on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, saying in a statement on Thursday that participants in the ceremony …
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Army blasts Trump trip to Arlington cemetery for violating decorum  —  Army officials criticized former President Donald Trump's campaign staff for violating decorum rules at Arlington National Cemetery and abusing a cemetery worker earlier this week, but no further actions will be pursued …
Discussion: NPR, Associated Press and Raw Story
NPR:
Fallout from Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit continues after campaign video  —  The U.S. Army said an employee at Arlington National Cemetery who tried to “ensure adherence” to rules that prohibit political activities at the cemetery “was abruptly pushed aside,” …
David Badash / Raw Story:
Johnson pulled strings to get Trump into Arlington — and now the scandal is spreading  —  The Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, reportedly pulled strings to get Donald Trump into Arlington National Cemetery, amid what has become a scandal and a crisis for the ex-president's campaign …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 28, 2024  —  Former president Trump appears to have slid further since last night's news about a new grand jury's superseding indictment of him on charges of trying to overthrow the 2020 presidential election.  Over the course of about four hours this morning, Trump posted 50 times …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
24 hours of Trump: QAnon tributes, crude attacks and hawking pieces of his suit  —  With fewer than 70 days until the election, Trump is zigging and zagging with an arsenal of unfocused broadsides and peripheral pursuits.  —  Donald Trump amplified a vulgar joke about Vice President Kamala Harris performing a sex act.
Discussion: HuffPost
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Vance tells Harris to ‘go to hell’ for cemetery criticism she didn't give
Jos Joseph / The Hill:
What the performative patriotism of Donald Trump reveals about his character
Discussion: Las Vegas Sun
NBC News:
Trump aide ‘abruptly pushed aside’ an Arlington National Cemetery employee during commemoration, official says
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Harris Has Taken Narrow Lead Over Trump, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Voters have largely positive views of Democratic nominee, who gets 48% to 47% for Republican Donald Trump  —  WASHINGTON—Kamala Harris has stepped out of the shadow of her role as the Biden administration vice president …
Discussion: Forbes
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Emerson Polling:
August 2024 Swing State Polls: Toss-up Presidential Election in Swing States  —  Home Polls August 2024 Swing State Polls: Toss-up Presidential Election in Swing States  —  Democratic Statewide Candidates Lead Republican Candidates  —  New Emerson College Polling/The Hill swing state surveys find …
USA Today:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris surges ahead of Donald Trump in latest poll taken after DNC  —  Harris has succeeded in doing what Biden never could this year: Lead Trump.  —  Democrat Kamala Harris has surged ahead of Republican Donald Trump, 48%-43%, in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she's shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president  —  Note: The full interview will at 9 p.m. ET Thursday on CNN's “The First Interview: Harris & Walz, A CNN Exclusive”  —  Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday offered …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Says She Would Appoint A Republican To Her Cabinet  —  “I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion,” Harris said of her plan to include a GOP voice in her administration if she is elected president.  —  LOADING  —  Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN on Thursday …
Discussion: Politico, CNBC, New York Post and DNyuz
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Inside the tension in Harris' “Frankenstein” team … - Biden's campaign was insular, with a few long-serving aides making big decisions. … But the main architect of the Biden campaign's messaging strategy, Mike Donilon, has left and returned to the White House.
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New York Post:
ABC News rejects Kamala Harris' last-minute bid to change Trump debate rules, will keep muted mics
NBC News:
Trump says he wants to make IVF treatments paid for by government or insurance companies if elected  —  In an interview with NBC News, the former president defended himself over abortion rights and said either the government or insurance companies will pay for IVF if he's elected.
Discussion: Axios
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Pennsylvania may be a problem for Harris  —  The Electoral College/popular vote gap is increasing in post-DNC data. … I'm going to keep this brief, both because I'm jetlagged in two different directions  —  1 and because the model is really hungry for post-DNC/post-RFK-dropout data …
Washington Post:
Decision on Georgia election board threatens Kemp's détente with Trump  —  The governor must decide whether to seek the removal of board members who have been praised by the former president for changing election rules with months to go before the vote.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
2024 Race: Harris And Trump Neck And Neck As RFK Jr. Exits Presidential Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 7 In 10 Think America's Best Days Are Yet To Come  —  mail_outline  —  Fresh off the Democratic National Convention and heading into the final months of the presidential race …
Discussion: The Hill
ProPublica:
Exec at Trump Media Jumped the Line for U.S. Visa After Company Lobbied GOP Lawmaker  —  A former aide to Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, said she intervened on the company's behalf even though she thought it was inappropriate.  “It was specifically the congressman that suggested I needed to deal with it.”
Alex Rogers / Financial Times:
JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to help bankroll Trump campaign  —  In FT interview, Republican vice-presidential nominee says PayPal founder ‘needs to get off the sidelines’  —  Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance has urged tech billionaire Peter Thiel to “get off the sidelines” …
 
 
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Adam Kredo / freebeacon.com:
Kamala Harris's New Arab Outreach Director Said ‘Zionists’ Are ‘Controlling’ American Politics
Discussion: Breitbart and Atlantic Council
US Department of Justice:
DOJ OIG Releases Report on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Handling of Tips of Hands-on Sex Offenses Against Children
Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Video shows armed gang at troubled Colorado apartment building believed to have been taken over by migrants
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Hogan says his job in Senate would be to push back against his party like Manchin, Sinema
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Karem / Salon:
Republicans for Harris: GOP gets ready to rescue MAGA from Trump
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Bulwark
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Threatens to Jail Mark Zuckerberg for Life
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Why Joy is an Effective Anti-Authoritarian Strategy.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
MSNBC Host Puts Trump Campaign Adviser ‘On Notice’ For Pushing ‘False Quote’ On Air
Joseph Simonson / freebeacon.com:
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David Ingram / NBC News:
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